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"Winds gusting up to 45 mph kept firefighters and utility crews busy Thursday as they raced to put out fires and repair downed lines.Davis, Dixon and Winters firefighters hosed down a hay fire that started at a farm off Sikes Road near Dixon.The farm's owner said it destroyed four tons of hay and was likely started by another nearby hay fire that had been smoldering for a week.\"Right now we just have other silage piles around. \u00A0And we're trying to contain it from getting into those and other haystacks and buildings,\" said Ron Carlin of the Dixon Fire Department.A larger hay fire near Winters also continued to smolder nearly two weeks after it began.A worker hosed down the smoking stacks to prevent the spread of burning embers.According to the National Weather Service, Sacramento International Airport reported a wind gust of 45 mph.The wind toppled a tree onto Vistosa Court in Davis and damaged utilities lines and poles that run along the California Northern railroad tracks.CN crews worked into the evening to repair the damage which forced the partial closure of 5th Street near G Street.SMUD reported about 50 power outages effecting thousands of homes and businesses from midtown to Rio Linda.PG&amp;E reported an outage effecting 900 customers in Yuba City.Bicycle riders kept their heads down as they pedaled through wind, leaves and blowing dust near the campus of U.C. Davis.\"I've been lucky. There's no debris hitting me in the face or anything - just my hair,\" said student Melissa Thomas.Street cleaners did their best to chase after blowing litter in Sacramento's Cesar Chavez Plaza.Chris Castillo said the hardest part was holding her large plastic bag open long enough to shove the litter inside."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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